Giancarlo Stanton put one over the fence. No, not a home run. It was his glove, which flew off and disappeared on the other side of the wall in right-center when he leaped trying to catch a ball hit by the Dodgers’ Chris Taylor.

The ball caromed off the wall and Taylor ended up with a triple, while Stanton hoisted himself up and peered over in search of his lost piece of equipment.

The Marlins never did find what they were looking for in trying to stop the hottest team in baseball, though there was a brief pause while Stanton waited for the batboy to deliver a replacement glove.

Marcell Ozuna later stole a home run from former Marlin Enrique Hernandez, climbing the wall in front of the Clevelander in left field. It wasn’t enough to prevent the Los Angeles Dodgers from completing their third consecutive three-game series sweep with a 3-2 matinee win.

The Marlins mounted a late threat when Christian Yelich drove a two-out, RBI single to center off All-Star closer Kenley Jansen in the eighth, and Ozuna followed with a single. But Jansen struck out pinch-hitter Justin Bour on three pitches.

Jansen went on to record his 23rd save, and the Dodgers had their ninth consecutive win and MLB-leading 11th sweep of the season.

There was an air of inevitability to all of it, beginning with the ninth-inning meltdown Friday by closer A.J. Ramos in the game Miami should have won and continuing with Dodgers rookie phenom Cody Bellinger hitting for the cycle Saturday.

Chris O’Grady’s first start was a late-night revelation in San Francisco.

The 26-year-old lefty was a surprise call-up from Triple-A to patch the Miami Marlins’ leaky starting rotation just before the All-Star break. He authored a feel-good victory against the Giants (three runs allowed in 5 1/3...

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“We’ve just got to rebound and get going,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. “We were playing pretty well going into the break. We ran into a little bit of a buzzsaw here. We had a chance to win that first one and we were in this one. But we’ve just got to move on and get to the next series.”

Certainly on Sunday, with the Marlins pinning hopes on a rookie making his second start in the major leagues.

Chris O’Grady, riding confidence with his 1-0 career record, really was their best option. He pitched reasonably well, allowing three runs and five hits in five innings, including Justin Turner’s 11th home run.

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Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly discusses right-hander Dan Straily, who expressed a willingness to be a part of the team's rebuild and who was the team's most consistent starter, beginning to end, in 2017. "Dan was really what we thought we were getting, a guy who was consistent, prepared. He's an innings eater," Mattingly said. "He's a guy who has made every start. He's a guy who has been durable. We're going to need some guys like that to lead our staff."

Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly discusses right-hander Dan Straily, who expressed a willingness to be a part of the team's rebuild and who was the team's most consistent starter, beginning to end, in 2017. "Dan was really what we thought we were getting, a guy who was consistent, prepared. He's an innings eater," Mattingly said. "He's a guy who has made every start. He's a guy who has been durable. We're going to need some guys like that to lead our staff."

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Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly discusses right-hander Dan Straily, who expressed a willingness to be a part of the team's rebuild and who was the team's most consistent starter, beginning to end, in 2017. "Dan was really what we thought we were getting, a guy who was consistent, prepared. He's an innings eater," Mattingly said. "He's a guy who has made every start. He's a guy who has been durable. We're going to need some guys like that to lead our staff."

Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly discusses right-hander Dan Straily, who expressed a willingness to be a part of the team's rebuild and who was the team's most consistent starter, beginning to end, in 2017. "Dan was really what we thought we were getting, a guy who was consistent, prepared. He's an innings eater," Mattingly said. "He's a guy who has made every start. He's a guy who has been durable. We're going to need some guys like that to lead our staff."

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Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly discusses what it's like for players to go to salary arbitration, a process he took part in once, against the Yankees in 1987. "At the end of the day, I looked at it like you can’t really lose," Mattingly said. "Usually when you get to that point you’re getting a pretty good jump."

Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly discusses what it's like for players to go to salary arbitration, a process he took part in once, against the Yankees in 1987. "At the end of the day, I looked at it like you can’t really lose," Mattingly said. "Usually when you get to that point you’re getting a pretty good jump."

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Manager Don Mattingly talks about new players, new owner and new season ahead for Marlins.

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The Miami Marlins and new president of business operations Chip Bowers plan to pursue a naming-rights deal for Marlins Park.

The Miami Marlins and new president of business operations Chip Bowers plan to pursue a naming-rights deal for Marlins Park.

Still, he was no match against Rich Hill, who the Marlins keep mistaking for Eliot Ness. The veteran lefty was untouchable in his last visit to Marlins Park, tossing seven perfect innings.

Hill pushed the streak to 24 up and 24 down before Ozuna led off the second with a solid double to left-center.

The Marlins finally nicked him for a run in the fifth when pinch-hitter Ichiro Suzuki singled off the pitcher’s bare hand. That scored former Dodger A.J. Ellis, who had one of three Marlins doubles off Hill in five innings.

That cut the Dodgers’ lead to 3-1. But with the tying runs on base, Hill made Martin Prado his ninth strikeout victim and concluded his outing by getting Stanton to ground to third.

The previous time up, Stanton, who went 1 for 10 in the series, twisted pretzel-like and fell trying to hit a Hill bender breaking in on him. He bounced it to third and was out before he could get up and out of the batter’s box.

O’Grady ’s did well in his first start to get the call to face an L.A. tidal wave that has now won 29 of 33 since June 7 and appears capable of rolling right through October.

The first three Dodgers hit drives totaling 1,144 feet. Christian Yelich caught the first two on the track in front of the home run sculpture. Turner’s belt was pulled farther to left and landed in the Clevelander, this one just out of Ozuna’s reach.

A few innings later, Ozuna, got a push off the chainlink fence and kept Hernandez’s drive from becoming another souvenir in the outfield bar.

“Yeah first thing when I was running back I just said, this is a chance to make a good play. It was right there not too far like in the first inning,” Ozuna said.

A leadoff walk to Logan Forsythe in the third and Taylor’s triple led to the other two runs O’Grady allowed. Turner drove in his second run with a sacrifice fly.

“Just hit my wrist at the top of the fence and glove just popped off,” said Stanton, whose glove was later retrieved.

Mattingly lauded O’Grady for keeping the game close and giving the Marlins a chance in the late innings.

“It was really just a couple small mistakes on a few pitches that really did us in. Just missed a couple pitches into Turner’s zone,” said O’Grady, who was appreciative of the effort of his outfielders. “They’re giving everything they’ve got, made a couple nice plays today — all three of them.”

Reliever Kyle Barraclough kept comeback hopes alive by picking off Corey Seager at second with the bases loaded to end the eighth.

Still, the Marlins were left with small triumphs at a time they needed to come out strong after the All-Star break to show potential of making an upward move in the standings before the front office shifts into seller mode.

Instead, they got a weekend full of losses. Stanton’s glove was at least worth a smile.